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Facebook Email X<\/p>\n LinkedIn<\/p>\n Reddit<\/p>\n Bluesky<\/p>\n WhatsApp<\/p>\n Copy link<\/p>\n lighning bolt icon Impact Link<\/p>\n Save <\/p>\n Read in app<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n This story is available exclusively to Business Insider American sentiment toward capitalism is on the decline, surveys show. What does capitalism mean to you?<\/p>\n Over the past few years, polls have shown that American sentiment toward capitalism is on the decline<\/a> \u2014 especially among Democrats and younger generations.<\/p>\n For example, the latest Harvard Youth Poll<\/a> found that 39% of surveyed 18- to 29-year-olds support capitalism, down from 45% in 2020. A September poll from Gallup<\/a> showed that it’s not just young people \u2014 54% of Americans view capitalism favorably, down from 60% in 2021. It’s the lowest result that Gallup has measured to date.<\/p>\n The shifting sentiment reflects a broader shift in the US, with Americans growing increasingly dissatisfied<\/a> with the state of the economy, including inflation and the high cost of living<\/a>. They’re seeking solutions, and it could help explain why political figures who support socialism have gained support<\/a>.<\/p>\n Business Insider is exploring the future of capitalism, and we want to hear what our readers think. Please fill out our survey below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025-12-09T14:10:52.158Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-337784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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